June 01, 2011

I’ve been reading alot about the powerful triad of brain, mind and our relationships.   In this article, Daniel Goleman talks about how we can increase our resilience to change by re-training our brain through mindfulness practices.

Karen Kelloway wrote a great book on making a career change.  Here she highlights how a re-evaluation of your situation and career goals can help you through a potentially challenging process: Name it, reframe it, get into alignment, create a career change strategy and then fill the gaps. These steps are very similar to what leaders should do in large-scale organizational change initiatives.

What an amazing group of people! I was lucky enough to be invited to facilitate a workshop on “Navigating Organizational Change and Transition” at the Social Venture Network’s Spring Conference 2011 at Skamania Lodge outside of Portland, Oregon. SVN members are passionate, smart and welcoming business people who are interested in making the world a better place…seriously! They are driven by socially responsible values and sustainable business practices, and work hard to keep the triple-bottom line front and centre in their everyday pursuits.  It was an honour to be among them and have a chance to meet many leaders in the CSR world.  Thanks to Deb Nelson, ED of SVN for the invitation!

April 24, 2011

Tammy Erickson has spent alot of time with members of Generation X.   In this article she offers her ideas as to why Gen X leaders will use their realism and values-oriented sensibilities  to create more humane organizational cultures. Baby boomers have a hell of a time managing this generation because they don’t spend the time learning about the values X’ers espouse.  Life would be so much easier if they read Tammy Erickson!

Just out: the universals of leadership from a cross-cultural lense covering 62 countries, both positive and negative behaviours.  Check out the skills you need to develop and the attitudes you need to drop!

April 15, 2011

Kenny Moore, aka kennythemonk, offers his litmus test in choosing your organization’s next ethical leaders. Find out how here they treat waiters and what’s going on in their “interior” business conversations.

Daniel Pink writes about the power of performance feedback – especially when you are working with Millenials. This generation is used to immediate feedback from their technology, so it’s time they get it from their managers! Workplaces need to change their performance review processes to meet the  communication needs of their staff. Read more here.

April 01, 2011

Emotional intelligence is defined as “the ability to recognize your emotions, understand what they’re telling you, and realize how your emotions affect people around you. Emotional intelligence also involves your perception of others: when you understand how they feel, this allows you to manage relationships more effectively.”  Read more here on the key concepts of Daniel Goleman’s model.

Daniel Pink writes about the power of performance feedback – especially when you are working with Millenials. This generation is used to immediate feedback from their technology, so it’s time they get it from their managers! Workplaces need to change their performance review processes to meet the communication needs of their staff. As the author says: Do it yourself, do it through peers and do it with software.  Read more here.

March 29, 2011

The editors at MindTools say that authentic leaders are often easier to recognize than define, but they all have a few traits in common. Leaders know themselves well, and they never allow someone else to cause them to break their “moral codes.” They put their companies and their teams first, they’re excellent communicators, and they know how to use the right kind of power for the right situation. Here is a wonderful article by Bruna Martinuzzi, describing the “leaves of authenticity”…just beautiful!